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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moment, it seemed unlikely that the U.S. would have the stomach to refight Viet Nam. The war had already cost too much in lives and money wasted 9,000 miles away?more than 56,000 Americans dead and 303,000 wounded, upwards of 1 million dead Vietnamese, $141 billion spent, 7 million tons of bombs dropped?and all for a war that came, more or less, to nothing. The cost had also been exorbitant in hatred and alienation at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: The Last Grim Goodbye | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

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